Happy Halloween!!!

Here are my boys and their friends (minus a few) that play everyday! We have the BEST neighbors... we love it here!

Here are our awesome pumpkins... Ammon's is Batman and Carter's is that weird face thing... we had fun!!!

I have to tell a little story behind this so I can remember it. Ammon drew this picture while we were carving pumpkins and said they were egg-robots! He is so freakin cute!

We decided while mom and dad carved the pumpkins it would be safer to have Ammon and Carter draw on our little pumpkins, so here are the little faces Ammon drew. Too cute! Carter just drew on the cement outside with Permanent Marker...oops!

Woody and Buzz wish you all a Happy Halloween. Too bad Buzz wasn't in a better mood so I could get better pics... maybe next year!

Help...

Okay... I don't want to sound stupid, but I just don't understand why I would need 450 lbs. of wheat in my food storage for one year. Is this if I have a wheat grinder? Does it last longer then flour? What is the point? Anyways... I'm also trying to figure out what would be the most important things to have (besides flour& sugar), so what are all of you trying to save for food storage?

Food Storage Calculator

I have been researching and trying to get food storage for some time and I found this today. I was a little overwhelmed at how much more I need to buy... Anyways, check it out http://lds.about.com/library/bl/faq/blcalculator.htm

At last...

My little Carter boy got more teeth! He is nearly 16 months old and until last night had only 2 teeth! But he now has his top two and bottom two... I'm sooooooo happy! He has honestly been teething since his bottom two teeth came in when he was 10 months old. So that's like 6 months ago! Anyways, I will have to get a pic but I just wanted to write it down before I forget to!

Check it out & Sign Up!!!

My sister in law Wendy has put together a "Run For Annette", she is her old Cheer coach and she has breast cancer. Anyways, Wendy has gone to ALOT of work! So check it out, http://www.kcsg.com/sports/33200644.html and everyone sign up!

I'm watchin' you, dad!

This is so cute and funny! Carter actually has his OWN shaver (Mikes old one), we had to take out the razor part, but it still makes noise and HE LOVES IT! Every time Mike is shaving Carter is right there, shaving his ear. Even though this boy has given me a run for my money lately, I sure love him and his funny personality!
The funniest thing Ammon has said lately happened on Saturday (10-18) while he was helping Mike change the oil in our cars. It went something like this;

Mike- Ammon do you remember Grandpa Watts?

Ammon - Yeah

Mike- Where is he?

Ammon- In Heaven.

Mike- Who else is in Heaven?

Ammon- Aunt Debbi.

Mike- Who else?

Ammon- I don't know!

Mike- What about Jesus?

Ammon- No, he's in HURRICANE!

This kid is seriously a crack-up! He is always saying the cutest things. Here he is with Debbi's daughter Kenbra. She was here last weekend and watched the boys with Grandma Watts while Mike and I went on a date. She seemed to be doing really well.

Yes, Ammon is in his BUZZ costume- more pics to come later!

Look at these two big boys. They found the baby car seat in the closet and thought it would be fun to see if they could fit in it. Crazy they both used to be sooooo tiny that this seat looked huge. Sometimes I miss those days, and sometimes I am so glad we are passed that. Either way they are DEFINITELY growing.

For LeAnn

I took my friends family pics on Saturday... yes it was COLD! But, I'm almost finished editing and I just LOVE this picture!

I'm so happy I could CRY!!!

Potty training... what a tiring, patience-testing experience this has been thus far... and it's not totally over yet, but he's soooooooo CLOSE! A little while ago I heard the toilet lid open and I went to see what was going on and for the FIRST TIME EVER he realized he had to go pee and went ALL BY HIMSELF! This is major progress. YIPEE!!! He still hasn't conquered going #2 on the toilet, but I think it will happen this weekend. Yesterday he didn't have ANY accidents, but I had to be RIGHT by him and made him sit on the toilet every 10-15 minutes. So we went to Target to buy Woody from Toy Story even though he wouldn't be able to play with him until he went #2. He's still in the box and is just torturing him. Here are some pics from yesterday, he's trying to get Woody off the shelf. It was hilarious... he said "Woody, I'll save you". And tried for about 30 minutes to get him down.
Yes, this is what happened when I had to take Woody away until he goes #2 on the toilet.

This week we also moved the boys in one room and made a play room in the other room... they have still been sleeping through the night and my house is sooooooo much cleaner since we don't have toys EVERY WHERE! I love it. Ammon loves that he has two beds (bunk beds). Carter is still in his crib, but one day will sleep on the bunk beds with Ammon. Today I over heard Ammon and his friend Gavin talking about having a sleep over since Ammon has two beds... ummm.... not yet boys!

Just too good

to not share with you! I love this soup, but beware it can be a little SPICY!!!

Chicken Tortilla Soup

1 28oz. can Green Chile Enchilada Sauce (I use Las Palmas brand)
1 sm. can diced tomatoes
1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can pinto beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can corn and liquid
2 T. chicken bouillon granules
handful of "nacho" jalapenos, diced small (use more or less, depending on how spicy you like it)
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. oregano
2-3 chicken breast halves, frozen
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic

Saute onion and garlic in olive oil until soft. Add everything to the crock pot and simmer on low for 6 hours, or until you are ready to eat. Top with cilantro, sour cream, cheese and crushed up tortilla chips. Seriouslly this is soooooooo good and EASY! Oh, take two forks and shred the chicken!

My poor Ammon boy...

Why is this kid so dang accident prone??? I swear he gets hurt sooooooooo much, but this is really gross. Good thing my mom came and Dr'd him up, I can barely handle to look at it. It makes me (honestly) sick to my stomach to see blood. I think he is here to cure me of this...

He was riding his friends bike last night and fell off (like for the 20th time) and it just tore off like 3/4 of his toe nail. It was bleeding so much until this morning. I feel so bad for him, he can barely walk today. I hope it heals fast and that the lifted toe nail will easily come off (by itself!!!!). Oh and by the way, I have ANOTHER ear infection... WHAT THE HECK???

He was pretty happy that he got some more water colors out of the whole thing... He's our little artist... Mike calls him "Ammon-angelo", I think it's pretty clever!